Ladson Presbyterian Church
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Location1720 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates34°0′33″N 81°2′7″W / 34.00917°N 81.03528°W
Arealess than one acre
Built1838 (a chapel), 1896 (rebuilt)
Ladson Presbyterian Church | |
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  Location in South Carolina  Location in United States | |
| Location | 1720 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°0′33″N 81°2′7″W / 34.00917°N 81.03528°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1838 (a chapel), 1896 (rebuilt) |
| Architect | Ziegler, Daniel G. & Co.; Heidt, H.G. |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000419[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 30, 1998 |
Ladson Presbyterian Church is a historic African American Presbyterian church located at 1720 Sumter Street in Columbia, South Carolina. The religious building was initially a chapel founded in 1838 and, rebuilt in 1896, and is a one-story-over-raised-basement, rectangular red brick building in the Renaissance Revival style. It has a front gable roof and features two brick entrance towers. The congregation was founded in 1838, as an offshoot congregation of the First Presbyterian Church.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
